I never thought very highly of Byrd, he is a gatekeeper at best in the 90's. But that and the first Peter win are Wlad's signature performances so far. Haye is the best fighter he has beaten for me, but overall underwhelming resume. Hopefully he can get the opportunity to put that right before his time is up.
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Which win on Wladimir's resume would you consider as his most signature win?
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Originally posted by Joeyzagz View PostByrd didnt land a single significant shot on Wlad, pre or post Steward.
^^^as you can see Haye is twice as fast Byrd.
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To me its compilation of his dominance over the best HW has to offer however you may rate that rather than any signature win.
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Originally posted by S. Saddler 1310 View PostHaye barely landed a shot of worth on Wlad himself. i've heard tell of Haye being a small heavyweight, but Byrd is even smaller (won his Olympic medal at 165, started pro at LHW and was last seen as a cruiser) and competed most of his career against naturally bigger men (not true of Haye). Byrd is a much more skilled boxer than Haye and has a better HW resume. Haye is just pure speed and a punch. Byrd is the better fighter.
Haye is actually the 2nd smallest guy Wlad ever faced at 210 lbs. Byrd was 213 lbs.
Byrd had skills, but that doesnt make him the better fighter. Norton was more skilled than Foreman, and we saw what happened there.
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Originally posted by Joeyzagz View PostIf yo
Haye is actually the 2nd smallest guy Wlad ever faced at 210 lbs. Byrd was 213 lbs.
Byrd is the better boxer, better fighter. prime Byrd would school Haye.
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Originally posted by S. Saddler 1310 View Postwe're talking natural size, not a small few pounds differentiating them against a common opponent. Byrd has weighed in under 210 for HW fights, made 175 near the end of his career.
Byrd is the better boxer, better fighter. prime Byrd would school Haye.
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Originally posted by texasboi15 View PostWhich fight, if you had to choose just one, would you consider his signature win?
And he proved his point, as he took quite a few solid wallops without blinking an eye. The 3 KD's he suffered were phony, as the analysts rightly pointed out. The first was a vicious rabbit-punch which Peter had been repeatedly doing,(by then he should have been DQ'd) the second was when Peter missed a left uppercut and grabbed him by the shoulder pushing him down, and the third was either a very slight graze, or a close miss. Klitschko was going very quickly backward because of Peter's last despairing rush, and he stumbled back into the ropes just as the punch missed, and bounced to the canvas. He was up by the count of 2 and continued on giving Peter a boxing lesson.
The Ref, Randy Neumann was hopeless, and Klitschko won every round in which there was not a KD against him. Really showed his class.
And since then, he has been unbeatable.
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Originally posted by Cutthroat View PostIdk how anyone could bring up Peter as his signature win, in Peter's very next fight he got schooled by James Toney lol.
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